whats even more contradictory than a gay guy in a comic promoting eugenics is the fact that they would give these guys superpowers and put them in situations (like the zombie aids monsters or, i don't know, EVERY SUPERVILLAIN their bound to come across who will gladly kill them) that could possibly doom any plans of procreation.

Haha, I don't understand why they want a good fraction of the human race to have to live as half man, half tree people. It says a lot about the US though if they create a team of people meant to be the forefathers of an evolved form of man and none of them are actually from the US.

I agree with you about all those cliches, especially the Japanese one. I'll admit, an original superhero story I'm working on features a Japanese cyborg/android, but it's hardly innate.

Ordinary person who consumed mentally-stimulating mutated fruit, thus allowing him to survive a procedure that, against his will, turned him into a self-aware wireless modem =/= natural computer prowess simply from being Japanese.

gasoline is used in the making of cocaine, im guessing thats why the guy had it there, cocaine itself can also be very flammable in a dust explosion when a high concentration of cocaine mixed with the oxygen in the air, combusts to produce a large fireball. maybe he had it near the pool incase it went up inflames he could put the fire out quickly by draining the pool. heck maybe its where the bad guys armory is and they had a bunch of rpgs, granades, and ammo stored there.

It's sad when the only likeable charicter in your comic is the villian.

And here's a beter question, if their job is to procriate and spread their DNA for the new generation, then why are they in a dangorus field like fighting crime? Why aren't they in a secure lab where their DNA coould be safe?

Also, this isn't really related to this post in particular, but today I bought "Revolution of the Mask." I really enjoyed it! 1984-type stories are among my favorites. Keep up the good work, I can't wait for the second issue!

It's really sad when the only redeeming factor of a comic book is a supervillain who's powered by cocaine. And my God! The outfits are just terrible. And I have a hard time telling whether Ram is translucent or what. Part of him are fleshed out, but part of him is also see through? How does that even work?

Some random thoughts:Heh, a cocaine-snorting villain and a superhero team dealingwith AIDS; the only way the comic could have been more 80s was if one of them wore Hammer pants.

"Photosynthesis doesn't work that way!"Oh yeah. I also kept wondering why a plant being would be affected by a plant extract at all: so many drugs and poisons come from vegetation, so why should a walking tree be negatively influenced by them?

Sooo... the official CIA dress code is now brown jacket, plaid shirt, and glasses?Linkara, is there anything you'dlike to tell us about your "other" job? ;)

Great review, and I loved the summary at the end - I know almost all comics require some suspension of disbelief, but those were points where the creators of this clearly crossed a line.

"Photosynthesis doesn't work that way!"Oh yeah. I also kept wondering why a plant being would be affected by a plant extract at all: so many drugs and poisons come from vegetation, so why should a walking tree be negatively influenced by them?Um, probably for the same reason why humans are negatively affected if we're given the wrong blood type in a transfusion.

Actually, HIV is carried in all bodily fluids, including saliva. However, there is so little of the virus that saliva is physically incapable of infecting anyone. Not just a one-in-a-million chance, but physically impossible. That said, if a character were highly infectious, it is feasibly possible for him or her to spread the HIV virus around. Unlikely, but certainly possible, made more possible that it is being put into the bloodstream rather than a particularly nasty kiss with overly large amounts of tongue.

It amazes me, simply amazes me, that in the two reviews of this comic. You don't point out, and only 1 commenter points out that while yes there is a gay guy on the team there is absolutely NOTHING to stop him from having children. Being a Lesbian doesn't mean that your uterus shrivels because you don't need it.

What IS retarded is that they made one guy seemingly entirely of clear holofoil and computery doodads and seemingly has no genitals of which to speak. Unless he's just in some sort of full body saran wrap with a pattern on it. Which would be a really stupid costume. Even worse than the Carpeted Man from the Tick. At least that getup served a purpose.

So ... if it's so important for them to procreate why don't they just donate their sperm and eggs to a bank somewhere? We've had test tube babies since the late seventies, so they could have just passed on their "superior genes" to couples who need help having kids and go about their business. Problem solved. No need to worry about having lots of sex or the women getting pregnant or the gay guy having to go against his orientation for the sake of humanity. Any of them could get killed on a mission and it wouldn't matter because their genes would be safe in a freezer somewhere. There. That's how you solve every ongoing problem in this stupid thing, writers.

Just came across this while doing an archive binge. Snowflame is beyond AWESOME! If DC has any sense (yeah, up for debate right now), Snowflame will return in the upcoming relaunch of the Sucide Squad.

@EinIt amazes me, simply amazes me, that in the two reviews of this comic. You don't point out, and only 1 commenter points out that while yes there is a gay guy on the team there is absolutely NOTHING to stop him from having children. Being a Lesbian doesn't mean that your uterus shrivels because you don't need it.

The reason why noone pointed that out is because everyone else can see the obvious: GAYS DO NOT WANT TO SLEEP WITH WOMEN.And since these morons wanted to reproduce solely by sex and the guy pointed out that he is not going to sleep with women, he really has no reason to be there.